I can break things, but I’m terrible at fixing. In my house growing up, we had two tools: a hammer and a screwdriver. I think that’s the root of my problem.

However, in life, I try to step in and be a fixer. And I’m just as bad as I am with tools. I’m much better off when I turn to the Father.

Oh, how excellent it is to trust a great and mighty God with all our cares. He is all-powerful, sovereign, faithful, loving, eternal and King. This is so wonderful to know. And even better to believe.

Are you feeling overwhelmed these days by the serious needs of people in your life? If you’re a fixer or worrier, then you might find yourself trying to make things right instead of laying these needs before the Lord. The tendency to fix leads to anxiety and frustration. Uncertainty.

Move from being a fixer to exercising faith as you pray. Trust God with those on your heart today.

Someone who needs healing?

A loved one who is addicted?

A relationship that is badly damaged?

A hurting soul that needs hope?

A friend who faces prison?

You can’t fix these things or these people. God is the solution. Bring these needs to the One who owns the universe and is bigger than all the problems of the world combined. What a joy to know that God waits for you to come to his throne with everything, big and small.

“I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’” (Isaiah 46:9-10 NIV)

You may be facing a monumental challenge yourself today. You might be the one who needs healing, hope or freedom. The Lord waits for you. Cease striving and fixing. Bring your biggest pains to him at the altar. Drop them there as you drop to your knees.

You know a God who cares. He loves you and offers himself to you. As you seek help, seek him. Throw yourself into his arms. Your Savior died for you. He not only cares for your soul, but he cares for the total you.

“. . . casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” (I Peter 5:7 ESV)

As you give God the weight of the intense burdens that you’re bearing, you’ll experience his liberation. Cling to him in prayer.

Whether it’s for the needs of others or yourself, move from fixing to faith.

(From my new devotional Your Life With God: 30 Days of Incredible Prayer. Releasing this week on Amazon)